When we hear of the word “dating” we think to young people,  single people, people who are still searching for that one person to complete them, in general people that aren’t married! That is not me, we have been married for how long now?  Besides, what would we do on a date?  I mean, that was for when I needed to get him to marry me, right?

Wrong!  In my line of work I come across so many ladies that are just bored or overwhelmed with what their lives have thrown at them.  You have kids, bills, a mortgage, society telling you that you are never to put yourself before your family.  Many times that means sacrificing your happiness and the stability of your marriage to do the “right” thing.  There is no time to date much less think of having any couple time.

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Maybe you know this already??  A great marriage is made up of communication, compromise, and tender loving care.

In August, my husband and I will celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary.  Ok, it has not been perfect every day, but it has been great overall.  We are tender, caring, and love each other every day.  We have only gone to bed angry one time, and we will never do it again.

When we met in 1983, I just knew that we were meant to be together, and wanted to commit to a relationship right away.  A year later, after we were married, I found that my love was growing all the time.  We were getting to know each other in deeper ways every day, week, month, and year.  We had a lot in common to begin with, but we developed new friendships and interests together that strengthened our bonds.

There are ups and downs, easy and hard things.  It turned out, that we had to endure more than 11 years of infertility treatments while we lived in 3 different states.  We had the heartbreak of losing the only pregnancy in the 4th month of twins.  The adoption process started and stopped a few times with disappointments as well.  We were tested and tried.

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